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Healthy Rhubarb Flapjacks

Oat bars layered with a fresh orange and rhubarb compote, sweetened with banana, dates and honey rather than refined sugar.

Ingredients

Compote

  • 2 oranges
  • 3 sticks rhubarb
  • 1 inch (about 2.5 cm) fresh ginger, grated

Flapjack

  • 150 g oats
  • 100 g dates, blitzed in a blender with a splash of water
  • 50 g pumpkin seeds
  • 50 g sunflower seeds
  • 2 bananas, mashed
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • About 10 almonds, chopped

Instructions

  1. Make the compote: chop the oranges and rhubarb, add the grated ginger, and cook gently in a pan until reduced down.
  2. Heat the oven to gas mark 5 (190°C / 375°F).
  3. In a bowl, mix the oats, blitzed dates, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, mashed bananas, honey and chopped almonds.
  4. Press half the oat mixture into a greased, lined tin.
  5. Spread the rhubarb compote over the base, then top with the remaining oat mixture like a sandwich.
  6. Bake for about 45 minutes.
  7. Cool before slicing.

Source

Adapted from: Healthy Rhubarb Flapjacks - Make Mine a Slimline